For good is simple, evil manifold.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

That moment when a knot forms in your throat, but you choose to throw your head back and laugh instead.

I've always had an affinity and a passion for cars and that whole car culture.

Fundamentally, we are all in the same place: we're born, we live, and we're going to die. In between, we'll have joy and we'll have sadness.

I don't eat celery. I eat raw milk, cheeses.

I think virgins are far more interesting to write about. If we've been around the block a few times, we know what to expect. Not so with virgins.

There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.

The fact that so many of my friends were stumbling headfirst into their happily-ever-after gave my tired heart hope that I couldn't be far behind.

Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.

France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme.

I believe in the gold standard. I like solid lumps of things. You can always melt them down.